Ch 3 LS

1. 1National government has [blank_start]implied[blank_end] and [blank_start]enumerated[blank_end] power. State government has [blank_start]reserved[blank_end] power.

   1. Aimplied
   2. Benumerated
   3. Creserved
2. 2A [blank_start]federal[blank_end] system of government is one in which the power to govern is shared between a national government and smaller governments, with each retaining some exclusive power.

   1. Afederal
3. 3Which of the following happened during the New Deal period?

   1. AFranklin Roosevelt's programs lost him the 1936 election
   2. BThe Supreme Court struck down key pieces of the New Deal Programs
   3. CThe New Deal programs thrust federal power into policy areas previously reserved for the states
   4. DThe New Deal programs were not as popular with voters as they were with the Supreme Court
4. 4Which of the following best describes the limit that dual federalism places on national government power?

   1. AThe national government is kept from extending its power into policy areas traditionally reserved for the states
   2. BDual federalism does not limit the national government
   3. CThe national government is limited to providing defense and enforcing foreign policy
   4. DDual federalism left racial policy up to the sole discretion of the national government
5. 5John C. Calhoun argued that the United States was founded upon

   1. Athe concept of national supremacy
   2. Bthe commerce clause
   3. Cthe government of the people
   4. Da compact between states
6. 6Which of the following were the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

   1. AThe state governments refused to sell weapons to other states in time of military need
   2. BThe national army picked fights with the smaller, weaker state armies
   3. CThe national government had no power to regulate interstate commerce
   4. DThe national government had no power to tax
7. 7categorical grants: [blank_start]greatest discretion for allocating funds[blank_end]
   block grants: [blank_start]must spend funds for designated purpose[blank_end]

   1. Agreatest discretion for allocating funds
   2. Bmust spend funds for designated purpose
   3. Cmust spend funds for designated purpose
   4. Dgreatest discretion for allocating funds
8. 8Which post-Civil War amendment required states to give their residents due process of law?

   1. AThirteenth Amendment
   2. BFourteenth Amendment
   3. CSixteenth Amendment
   4. DSeventeenth Amendment
9. 9A majority of the world's nations use which governing system?

   1. AUnitary
   2. BFederalist
   3. CNo governing system enjoys a majority among the nations
   4. DConfederal
10. 10If the central governing body in a confederation system passes legislation requiring the sovereign members to levy a tax on their citizens to help defray the cost of maintaining the confederation's military forces, what options do the members possess?

    1. AThe members are obligated to levy the tax per the confederation agreement
    2. BIt depends on the language of the agreement between the members and whether the relationship exists because of concerns regarding national security
    3. CThe members are free to carry out the new tax with the tax or they can simply ignore the central governing body's mandate

11. 11Which of the following are true statements about the federal structure of the United States?

    1. AMontesquieu proposed a federal structure in order to protect its citizens from government abuses
    2. BMadison and Hamilton argued that the states and national government would serve to check each other and thus protect peoples' rights
    3. CHamilton proposed that the American people had to commit their allegiance to either the national or state government and should not deviate
    4. DMadison felt people would shift their trust between the national and state governments, depending on their needs and interests at the time
12. 12Who or what defines the purpose of a categorical grant?

    1. Athe federal government
    2. Bthe state or local government receiving the funds
    3. Ca team of independent consultants
    4. Dthe funding corporations
13. 13Which of the following are the two most important forces in the evolution of the American federal structure?

    1. Athe desire of the states to surrender power to the national government
    2. Bthe strength of partisan interests that sought to change the balance of power between the nations and the states
    3. Cthe countrey's changing needs
    4. Dthe actions of some states to secede from the union
14. 14The necessary and proper clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution extends

    1. Athe powers of the judicial branch
    2. Ball governing powers identified in the Constitution
    3. Cthe powers of the executive branch
    4. Dthe enumerated federal powers
15. 15Which of the following actions gave the national government more power than the states during George W. Bush's presidency?

    1. Acreating the Department of Homeland Security
    2. Bthe most to put more money into block grants instead of categorical grants
    3. Cthe government response to the economic crisis of 2008
    4. Dthe No Child Left Behind Act
16. 16Congress receives implied powers through which clause of the Consitution?

    1. Athe necessary and proper clause
    2. Bthe implied powers clause
    3. Cthe reserved powers clause
17. 17The use of the commerce clause during the 1930s gave the [blank_start]federal[blank_end] government(s) increased power

    1. Afederal
    2. Bforeign
    3. Clocal
    4. Dstate
18. 18Which of the following has occurred under cooperative federalism?

    1. AThe state government have together assumed powers that the national government traditionally held
    2. BThe state governments have refused to accept support from the federal government
    3. CThe federal government has been more heavily involved in policy areas traditionally reserved for the states
    4. DState government have washed their hands of numerous responsibilities previously held by states
19. 19What did the Supreme Court decide in McCulloch v. Maryland?

    1. Athat national law overrides state law
    2. Bthat Congress cannot establish a national bank because that falls outside its enumerated powers
    3. Cthat the necessary and proper clause implies the power to establish a national bank
    4. Dthat the national bank is within Congress's power to create, but Maryland has the power to tax it
20. 20Why is the "necessary and proper" clause also referred to as the elastic clause?

    1. AThe clause allows the American Government to bend without breaking the union
    2. BThe national government can use the clause to stretch its enumerated authority
    3. CIt forbids Congress from stretching its enumerated authority
    4. DThe states use it to stretch their reserved authority
21. 21Which post-Civil War amendment required the states to provide their citizens equal protection under the laws?

    1. AFifteenth Amendment
    2. BThirteenth Amendment
    3. CSixteenth Amendment
    4. DFourteenth Amendment
22. 22In the U.S. system, which phrase best describes the relationship between the state governments and local governments within the state?

    1. AThe relationship is like a confederation with the counties and cities collectively having power over the state governments
    2. BIt depends on the state in question
    3. CThe system is federal in that the counties and cities have sovereignty, just as the state governments do
    4. DThe system is unitary because the states create counties and cities and grant them all their powers
23. 23Those powers expressly listed in the Constitution are referred to as

    1. Areserved powers
    2. Bconcurrent powers
    3. Cimplied powers
    4. Denumerated powers
24. 24The process by which the national government returns powers once held by state and local governments to these governments is called

    1. Anew evolution
    2. Bdevolution
    3. Cre-gifting
    4. Drevolution
25. 25Gibbons v. Ogden pitted federal law against waterway regulation of which state?

    1. ANew Jersey
    2. BMassachusetts
    3. CNew York
    4. DSouth Carolina
26. 26Block grants come with more strings attached and allow for less freedom than categorical grants

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
27. 27Which of the following is the primary challenge made by states as the constitutionality of federal grant programs?

    1. AThe states are too dependent upon federal dollars
    2. BStates only challenge the constitutionality of federal grant programs when they want more money
    3. CThe federal income tax violates the Constitution, so funding is illegal
    4. DThe grant programs intrude too heavily on the reserved powers of the states
28. 28When Republicans recaptured congressional control in 1994, they moved to

    1. Ause fewer block grants and more categorical grants
    2. Bimpose more unfunded mandates on the states
    3. Csecure more congressional power and block state power
    4. Dgive more power to the state and local governments
29. 29The Consitution enumerates powers for which level of government?

    1. Acounty
    2. Bstate
    3. Cfederal
    4. Dlocal
30. 30In the 1997 case of [blank_start]Printz v. United States[blank_end], the Supreme Court struck down a provision of the Federal Handgun Violence Prevention Act (or Brady Bill) that required local law enforcement officers to conduct background check on prospective handgun buyers

    1. APrintz v. United States
    2. BBarron v. Baltimore
    3. CAlabama v. Garrett
    4. DUnited States v. Lopez
31. 31Which article of the Constitution includes the Supremacy Clause?

    1. AArticle III
    2. BArticle II
    3. CArticle I
    4. DArticle VI
    5. EArticle V
32. 32Which of the following best describes the doctrine of dual federalism?

    1. AThe Supreme Court typically found for the national government if a conflict existed between the layers of government
    2. BThe layers of government collaborated in solving domestic issues
    3. CThe Supreme Court maintained a precise separation of state power and national power
    4. DThe national government used grants-in-aid to force the hands of the states
33. 33In Federalist No. 10, Madison said that American liberties would be protected by

    1. Aa large republic
    2. Bthe states' reserved power
    3. Ca unitary system
    4. Dthe weapons permitted by the Second Amendment
34. 34Which of the following was a central issue from the earliest years of the Constitution until the end of the Civil War

    1. Awhether states through their militaries would be part of the national army
    2. Bwhether the national government would be allowed a role in education policy
    3. Cwhether the Union would survive
    4. Dwhether the national government would abolish slavery
35. 35States' reserved powers are provided through the [blank_start]Tenth[blank_end] Amendment

    1. ATenth
    2. BEigth
    3. CThird
    4. DNinth
36. 36The Articles of Confederation created a union of

    1. Astates
    2. Bcorporation
    3. Cpeople
    4. Dpolitical parties

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